Customer Reviews for VEVOR Metal Lathe 7" x 14",Mini Metal Lathe 0-2500 RPM Variable Speed,Mini Lathe with 4" 3-jaw Chuck,Bench Top Metal Lathe, Benchtop Lathe, for Various Types of Metal Turning

With a few hours of cleaning, and some minor upgrades, I now have a very accurate professional machine. The stickers are a little crooked and It came covered in oil, but that is a good thing. That way it couldn't rust. The one in the picture looks like it has some loose parts that need tightened. I took a chance and for once I came out on top.

The tailstock was loose and banging around in the crate when the shipping container arrived. It appeared to not have been installed tightly enough and came unbolted from the ways. The loose heavy tailstock did some damage to the sheet metal tray, and the sheet metal rear chip guard, bent them up quite a bit.The advertisement claims that the lathe has the ability to cut both metric and Imperial threads. This is not true given the gears that ship with the lathe. The lead screw is metric and has a thread pitch of 1.5mm. The lathe will cut a full range of metric thread sizes.In order to be able to cut Imperial thread sizes additional gears need to be acquired.Needed gears: 55 tooth, 57 tooth, 65 tooth.LittleMachineshop.com has a full metal gear set that includes these for about $150.Plastic versions of these gears can be purchased individually on ebay. Cost each which includes shipping is around $20 each.These lathes have been a nightmare for a lot of people, however the trueness of this particular lathe is acceptable. I agree with the recommendation by many to tear the lathe down and build it back up checking for tension on fasteners, and proper alignments as well as lubrication while putting it back together. They appear to be quickly assembled at the factory, and the tolerances need to be verified.

Product as described, works fine, upgraded to steel quick change post. Good enough to learn and upgrade slowly. I like that this was cheaper than HF. But longer.

It's a mini lathe! Seems to work fine. Didn't come with any tooling. Drive motor needed to be properly positioned prior to starting. It was very crooked. Other than that a Chinese mini lathe is better than no lathe!

For the money great deal, used to cut 1" axle shaft would buy again

My lathe was dropped by UPS 4 times before delivery, breaking the plywood crate in 3 places and breaking the end off the cross slide screw. There is enough variation in the manufacture that I had to get a replacement from China. It arrived yesterday and works great.All gears are metal except the change gears which are nylon. This model doesn't have the dual spindle speed range, so simpler construction.

Got here quick, haven't had time to really test it out. It runs fine so far. Seems to be pretty well set up correct, not much slop as I expected.

first, this is the C3 lathe basic design thats sold under many names and several small sizes, base 80mm flange spindle ... what differs mainly among them is the level they are prepped and finished off before sale .. for 5-600$ you will get raw machined parts slapped together as quickly as possible ..its an awesome bargain for the financially challenged, but hours and hours of fitting, polishing, adjusting, etc ... what they give you is designed in a way the average guy thats mechanically well seasoned can produce a very nice little machine with basic supplies and tools, and tons of elbow grease .. it will be a project if you want it right .. if that turns you off then get a 3k$ grizzly, same thing, they just did most of the work for you ..

Decent machine - price point is irresistable. Wish it had the 1/2 speed gear reducer. Plenty of power. If you ever owned an old Craftsman/Atlas lathe, you will be right at home. 100mm 4 jaw chuck and other accessories are well made. Mill attachment needs expert file fit, but is of good quality. Faceplate comes from "LittleMachineShop.com", and is apparently a Vevor oversight. When it wears out, a very long time from now, I will get a bigger one.

The lathe came a little banged up but the seller took care and refunded me for replacement parts. Overall you get what you pay for on a $500 lathe. Add a good steel QRTP and you will be pretty happy. I will note however that the motor speed is load driven meaning it slows down as you engage a cut and then speed up to try to not stall. this is not ideal on a lathe and I wish I got the version with a Low/High gear selector.